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Chapter 42
During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, Zun occupied an important position among bronze ritual vessels.

This period is the heyday of the development of bronze ware, and the utensils are the most exquisite.

Bronze sacrificial vessel is the sign and symbol of kingship and status.

The Shuangyangzun embodies the style popular in the Yangtze River Valley at that time, which is quite different from that in the north.

The Shuangyang Zun is two rams connected back to back, and the mouth of a cylindrical vessel is carried on the back of the ram.

The two sheep look serene, showing a solemn and solemn spirit, showing a realistic and romantic artistic style.

As for why, this double sheep statue will be collected by the British Museum.This not only reminded Yang Mu of an event that happened in the real world not long ago.

Western media selected four national-level museums in the world, including the Louvre in France, the British Museum in the United Kingdom, the Hermitage Museum in Russia, and the Metropolitan Museum in the United States.

Not long ago, a black man held an 18th-century cultural relic from the Indonesian island of Philores in the Louvre, claiming to take away the stolen things on behalf of the African people.

Maybe this little black brother is not well-educated and his purpose is not pure, but his behavior is not simple.

And when the staff stepped forward to stop him, he asked him repeatedly.

"Where's your conscience?"

In the cognition of this black brother, one of the four major museums, the Louvre in France.Most of the collections are looted from others.

As for whether the Louvre has helped the people of the African continent and kept the cultural relics shared by the African people for them, we are not very clear.

On the other hand, the incident that the British and French allied forces did in the Old Summer Palace didn't take long, and everyone remembers it clearly.

Yang Mu stood in front of the poster, thinking a lot.Lei Zhilan tugged on her sleeve, "Why are you so dazed? Let's go in and take a look."

There is a long corridor as you enter the door, with ancient paintings hanging on the walls on the left and right sides.

There are western oil paintings, oriental ink paintings, and more abstract murals, which look quite mysterious, with strange patterns composed of strange symbols.

Go through the corridor and enter the hall of the museum.

The hall was rearranged, and two rows of elegant and generous glass cabinets were placed, which displayed objects of different sizes.

Under the illumination of the spotlight, the distant and ancient atmosphere is presented in front of people.It seems that through time and space, you can touch the appearance of that era.

Lei Zhilan pulled Yang Mu and looked at them one by one.

Among them, the three most popular exhibits were placed in three different small exhibition halls.

From left to right: an ancient Egyptian mummy, a bronze statue of two sheep, and the right hand of a god.

The mummies of ancient Egypt, like his pyramids, are covered with a veil of mystery.It is this layer of mystery that attracts more people to pay attention to them.

But Yang Mu had no interest in the mummy at all, but he couldn't hold back Lei Zhilan's interest, so he had to accompany her to take a quick look at it.

The bronze double sheep statue was placed in the middle, but this time Yang Mu looked carefully.

Decorated with dragon face patterns, scale patterns on the belly, and dragon patterns on the legs, the overall height is 43.2 cm.

The years have shown a patina on it, which is soft and elegant.

The two sheep are symmetrical, with complicated decorations, simple and heavy.It gives people a charm that cannot be described in words.

Yang Mu felt an urge to break the glass and take Shuangyang Zun away.

Lei Zhilan was not very interested in this bronze twin sheep, she really couldn't see what was so special about it?Maybe it's just because it's older.

In the last small exhibition hall, the Arabic bronze hand ~ "the right hand of God".This exhibit attracted the attention of both Yang Mu and Lei Zhilan, and they became very interested.

According to the inscription on the back of the bronze hand, people can know it very clearly.This is a believer named Talab who enshrined his right hand to a god named Talabli Yam.

Liam is a mountain city in Yemen. From the title of this god, it can be seen that this is a restricted regional god.

The duty of this god is to protect the believers in the mountain city. Compared with it, it is more like a god like the ancient city god.

In history AD 370.Yemen’s traditional gods are no longer worshiped.Instead, Judaism, Christianity, Zoroastrianism!Alternate in this place.

Until 628 AD, Muhammad's Christianity began to rule this land and cleared out heretics on a large scale.

After that, traditional gods like Talab Yarim completely disappeared in Yemen.

I don't know whether Talab, who enshrined his right hand to the gods, was protected by the gods.

Maybe, maybe not.

Is there no gods in this world in the first place, or did the gods fall in the battle of gods, and the victors can't come out.

or……

Wait, it's all guesswork.

"Do you believe there is a god in this world?"

Yang Mu didn't answer Lei Zhilan directly, but instead asked, "What about you? Do you believe it?"

Temporarily shook his head. "I do not believe."

"Oh?"

HK is a very special place, influenced by the British for a long time.Most people believe in Jesus.

But there is no rejection of the traditional God of Wealth or Guan Gong.

This approach is very similar to some atheists. In summary, they believe in everything and believe in nothing.

You must know that whether it is Christianity or Christianity that believes in Jesus, there is a strong exclusivity.

The Crusades in history are cruel and true illustrations of this problem.

It seems that the gods are very selfish.has strong exclusivity.

If you have faith in all gods.Then it is clear that this person does not believe in the existence of gods at all.

Lei Zhilan usually participates in some church activities, like all young girls nowadays.I fantasize about getting married in a white wedding dress, under the auspices of a priest, and under the witness of Jesus, getting married to the one I love.

However, she has never considered whether a believer who is not considered a pure believer will be blessed by the gods.

Regarding Yang Mu's question, Lei Zhilan said lightly:

"If there really are gods, how could there be so many tragedies and countless helplessness in the world."

Yes, life is hard enough.If the gods take pleasure in human suffering.Such a statement is not worthy of people's belief at all.

If it is a pious belief.Still failed to get the protection of the gods.So what is the use of such belief?

If you are just looking for a spiritual sustenance, you can get emotional comfort.

Why not take self as a belief and enshrine yourself in your heart all the time.

"You're right, it's better to ask for others than to ask for yourself. After all, you have to use your own feet to measure the road of life. It's no use to count on the gods to show you the direction if you don't go at all."

Lei Zhilan nodded, agreeing with Yang Mu's statement.

Looking inside the glass cover, Lei Zhilan, whose right hand was the same size as a normal person, suddenly asked curiously:

"You said, are the believers who believe in Talab really extinct?"

"This world will never lack people who use God's name to flaunt what they do.

Perhaps, this god named Talab had no real believers from the beginning.

Of course, if a person suddenly popped up now, he would tell everyone that he was a follower of Talab.With so many people in the world, there will always be one person who believes his words.

In terms of such behavior, Talab has always existed, and his followers have always existed. "

As Yang Mu was talking, he suddenly moved closer to Lei Zhilan, and slowly hugged her shoulders like a normal male and female couple.

Lei Zhilan's body tensed up correspondingly, the tourists coming and going didn't notice Lei Zhilan's abnormality, they looked like a perfectly normal couple.

"Relax, do you see the man in sunglasses in front of you on the right?"

Lei Zhilan was stunned for a moment, originally thought that Yang Mu was going to touch her, but who knew that she was asking her to observe another man.

With Yang Mu's reminder, Lei Zhilan easily identified the man in the sunglasses.

She observed for a while, but didn't find anything worth noting?
Yang Mu looked at Lei Zhilan's questioning eyes and said:
"Don't you think, he's weird?"

Lei Zhilan rolled her eyes, "He looks fine and normal. I didn't find anything weird about him, but I think you are weird."

After Yang Mu sent flowers, Lei Zhilan had been looking forward to his next move.

When I was hugged by him just now, I thought this guy was finally going to make a move.Who knows, let her pay attention to some irrelevant people.

Do you think he is weird?

"I wonder?" Yang Mu didn't get the point.

"No, look at that man in sunglasses, there are too many strange things about him."

Lei Zhilan said perfunctorily, "Really. Then tell me, what are the strange things about him."

"Where we are now, we are in a museum.

Although there are many lights in the museum, all the lights are focused on the exhibits.

Overall, the light is still relatively dark.

Visitors to the museum, in order to see every detail of the exhibits more clearly, their eyes are as wide as bells, for fear of missing something, so why do they wear sunglasses.

You can see for yourself, who else in the whole museum wears sunglasses when visiting besides this man with sunglasses. "

"Oh? Then what do you think he brought sunglasses to the museum for?"

"Sunglasses have two sides to the function of shading. In addition to preventing the strong light from outside from making the eyes feel uncomfortable, it is also to ensure that one's eyes are not seen by the outside world.

The eyes are the windows of the soul, and most of a person's psychological activities can be judged through the eyes.

Apparently, the man in sunglasses is wearing sunglasses because he doesn't want people to see clearly what he's thinking.

I can guarantee that the eyes under the sunglasses must be gurgling and glancing around.

A person wearing sunglasses and glancing around in a museum must have a bad idea. "

"What a bad idea. He doesn't want to rob."

Then he tapped Lei Zhilan's head lightly with his finger, "What robbery, he's stepping on the spot!
You can see that he kept looking around, he was recording the display environment in the museum.

Look for loopholes in defense, and secretly calculate the possibility of success.

This is a thief, but it is not known whether this person committed the crime in a gang or alone. "

Lei Zhilan regained her spirits in an instant, hugging Yang Mu's arm behind her back, and asked excitedly:
"That being said, you can act chivalrously right away.

After driving around for several times, I had no clue at all, but unexpectedly, I encountered a surprise here. "

"Don't be so anxious, people are just stepping on the spot now, it's still a matter of when to do it.

Don't you just stare at him like this all the time, you can only be a thief for a thousand days, how can you be a thief for a thousand days. "

"I don't care, you can think of a way for me, and finally come across such a surprise, I don't want to give up."

There are many injustices in the world, but it is not so easy to find one worth fighting for.

Originally, Yang Mu planned to drive around with Lei Zhi Lanlan for a few laps outside, and then go home when she got tired of driving by herself.

But he didn't expect to find a suspicious man in the museum he entered halfway.

And being said so cheaply by myself, it's just asking for trouble with myself, isn't it.

Got it!

It seems that we are born to be a hard worker.

Yang Mu hugged Lei Zhilan, followed the crowd slowly hanging behind the man in the sunglasses, watching him enter the small hall with the bronze double sheep statue in the middle.

When Yang Mu entered alone, he found that he was standing next to two old men who were talking.

Yang Mu couldn't help walking forward, wanting to hear what they were talking about.

After approaching, the voice of one of the old men's explanation reached Yang Mu's ears.

"I saw a bronze ware in the hands of a collector, it was a bird statue.

What is Bird Zun, you will know by comparing it with the Shuangyang Zun in front of you.

This double sheep statue is two rams jointly carrying a container.

Bird Zun is a bird holding a container on its back.

The bird statue I have seen is a little smaller than the double sheep statue in front of me.

Someone planned to buy it for 1 million, but the owner was unwilling to sell it.

Whether it is a bird statue or a double sheep statue, they are commonly called animal statues like other animal statues.

This kind of Zun is a kind of bionic wine vessel, this kind of vessel is not practical, it can only be used as a symbol of class, and it is mostly used for sacrifices or burials..."

One of the two old men was obviously a knowledgeable scholar.All kinds of knowledge about bronze ware are well-known.

When Yang Mu saw the man with glasses, he was listening to the old man say that a bronze from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, which was not as good as the Shuangyang Zun, was worth 1 million yuan in the market, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

Yang Mu could tell that he was in a state of excitement.

Probably because he was imagining that he could get this pair of sheep statues and sell them for a good price, so he was so excited.

After the two old men commented on the Shuangyang Zun, they turned around and started walking in the exhibition hall.

Every time I encounter an exhibit, I will stop and comment on it. For similar collections, I know the price in the market very well.

The man in sunglasses followed behind the two old men, constantly calculating which exhibits in the exhibition hall had the highest value from their conversations!
Keep them all in mind.

(End of this chapter)